Jeddah – Ma’an – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation stressed, on Sunday, the importance of launching the international coalition to implement the two-state solution, which was announced by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on the sidelines of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
The Secretary-General of the Organization, Hussein Ibrahim Taha, called on all countries to join this historic initiative, which constitutes a political protection network for the vision of a two-state solution in accordance with international law, the United Nations Charter and its resolutions, and embodies a commitment to support efforts aimed at ending the Israeli occupation, establishing a Palestinian state, and achieving a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the region.
Taha renewed his call to the countries that have not recognized the State of Palestine to hasten to join the international consensus of 149 countries that recognize Palestine, and to support its right to obtain full membershi
p in the United Nations, which would enhance its legitimacy and political and legal status.
He added that this contributes to establishing the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to self-determination, and embodying the establishment of their independent, sovereign state on the lines of June 4, 1967, with Jerusalem as its capital.
Source: Maan News Agency